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was found. Oouldia conversi from Costa Rica, in which the eyelid feathers 

 are metallic green. Of our North Aineriean Troehilida\ Fugcne* fulgent. 

 Archilochus colubris, Calj/pte cosUr, Basilinna xaulusi imd Cyanlhus latiros- 

 tris, have black eye lashes, while in Calt/pte anna. Selasphorus plali/eereus, 

 S. mfus, and S. alleni, Stellula calliope. Anii:ili$ t:acall and A. cervinirentris 

 dtafconofo, they are brownish gray. The fact that the eolor of the eyelid 

 feathers is alike in the male and female, may prove valuable in identifying 

 certain species when other points fail: and the characters may be of value 

 in the ease of other small birds sueh as warblers, vireos. titmiee. fly 

 catchers, wrens, ete. — Hf.nky K. Co.u.k. Highland Park, 111. 



The Great-tailed Grackle in New Mexico. — This note constitutes 

 the tirst record of the occurrence of the Great-tailed Qrackle (Af egaquisealus 

 major macro urus^ within New Mexieo. as far as 1 ean determine by exami- 

 nation of previous records. 



(hie adult male specimen was brought in by Miss Fannie Ford of l.as 

 Cruces, New Mexieo. on May 15, 1913. It was shot at her home, having 

 been mistaken for a erow while flying about the corral. The measurements 

 for this specimen come very near the minimum for this speeies. A pair 

 of these birds is reported nesting at l.a Mesa, N. M.. ten miles south of this 

 plaee. The nest is placed in a large aprieot tree in a dooryard. The birds 

 are not at all shy but characteristically noisy! Their nesting is to be un- 

 molested and it will be interesting to note if this is the beginning of a perma- 

 nent residence or annual summer visitations to this plaee. or if it is merely 

 a sporadic occurrence. It would seem that the conspicuousness of the 

 speeies would have made record of it an easy matter had it occurred in this 

 region to any extent previously. — D. B. Mkkiuu,, State College, X. M. 



The Night Song of Nuttalls Sparrow. — \Y. R. Lord, in his ' Birds 

 of Oregon and Washington," says oi Nuttall's Sparrow, that, " Often, 

 through the darkest nights, in the Virginia creeper or honeysuckle around 

 the porch or piazza, he utters his plaintive song — seeming to say. as one 

 sensitive observer has imagined it: "Sweet. Sweet, listen to me, won't 

 you.' " 



1 first noticed this peculiar habit on the night of April 16 when one 

 sang at 10:15 P. M. The following night he sang at 11 P. If. during a hard 

 rain. From this date I made nightly observations on this particular bird; 

 the song continuing regularly until May 3, when it suddenly ceased, and on 

 May 19 the nest containing four eggs was found in a rose bush tied to 

 the side of the house. The following day all the eggs hatched. On the 

 28th something disturbed the young, causing them to leave the nest. 



During this period the night song was not heard although the male con- 

 tinued to sing throughout the day: and not until June "J was the night 

 singing resumed. Then followed a period of song though not as regular as 

 before, continuing to June loth. Later 1 discovered that a second brood 

 had been raised though not until too late for note taking. 



